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museum exhibitions schedule May 6, 2026 visibility 20 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

Luscious Hair Sculptures Sprout Like Branches in a Symbiotic Exhibition

Artists Merryn Omotayo Alaka and Sam Frésquez have created a collaborative exhibition titled "Your Birth is My Birth" at Jane Lombard Gallery in Chicago. The show features synthetic hair sculptures made from Kanekalon, suspended from the ceiling and spread across the floor like organic growths. Five distinct "species" of sculptures—Listening Roots, Hearing Bells, Mother & Child, Stacking Pearls, and Umbra Pods—draw inspiration from epiphytes, non-parasitic plants that grow on host specimens. The works explore themes of symbiosis, interdependence, and genetic inheritance, with mirrored forms emerging within vertical tendrils.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 8, 2026 visibility 25 link 7 artists

Currents of the 61st Biennale: Inside Venice’s Flow of Art and Power

The 61st Venice Biennale jury, composed of five curators—Solange Oliveira Farkas, Zoe Butt, Elvira Dyangani Ose, Marta Kuzma, and Giovanna Zapperi—resigned on April 30th amid internal tensions over decisions that conflicted with the late Koyo Kouoh's curatorial vision. The jury had previously stated it would refrain from considering countries whose leaders are charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court. Meanwhile, Filipino artist Jon Cuyson prepares to present his installation at the Philippine Pavilion, featuring works shipped 60 days before geopolitical conflict escalated, navigating unstable maritime routes. His project includes the film series "Sea of Love (Dagat ng Pag-ibig)" and a new fourth film, "Sea of Echoes," exploring themes of migration, queer experience, and ecological resilience through mussels as non-human protagonists.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 27, 2026 visibility 3 link 5 artists

Antonio José Guzmán and Iva Jankovic on Representing Panama at the 61st Venice Biennale

Antonio José Guzmán and Iva Jankovic, working as the duo Messengers of the Sun, will represent Panama at the 61st Venice Biennale in 2026. Their project, titled *Tropical Hyperstition*, is an installation and performance piece that explores the forced displacement and segregation of Panamanians and immigrants during and after the construction of the Panama Canal. The work features a 20-meter-long handwoven indigo-dyed hammock and patchwork textiles combining archival photographs with genetic and geometric motifs, all housed in the Panama Pavilion at the Arsenale. The artists draw on personal and collective experiences of structural injustice rooted in Panama’s Canal Zone history, addressing colonial legacies, racialized progress, and imperial extractive logics.

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